I usually don't like familly movies, especially the ones involving dogs or other animals. However, this movie is an exception. It is very well done and the story is rather heartbreaking. Definitely worth a look.
"Kids beware! I watched this sobfest when I was about nine, and when the bootleggers hit the dog with the shovel, my brother, who was about five at the time, burst into tears. That got me started, we cried for a long while, and could barely stop crying throughout the dog's recovery and eventual death from old age. So this is up there with "Marley & Me" with sad dog movies that advertise themselves as kid's movies but will reduce a sensitive kid to a puddle. Not a bad movie overall though.
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"The touching relationship in 1940's Mississippi between frail, young boy Willie (Frankie Muniz) and his faithful Jack Russell terrier Skip (played by Frasier TV sitcom dog Moose); the scene in which Willie slapped Skip for running onto the baseball field to comfort him; and the scene in which Willie's older best friend and ex-star high school athlete Dink (Luke Wilson) returned home after fighting in WWII - now a broken man who never left his home: ("It isn't the dying that's scary. It's the kil"
garfield2710 added this to a list 1 year, 5 months ago